Omaha police chief Todd Schmaderer announced that Kerrie Orozco died Wednesday afternoon after a shooting near 30th and Martin.

Omaha police chief Todd Schmaderer announced that Kerrie Orozco died Wednesday afternoon after a shooting near 30th and Martin.

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Updated: 6:01 PM CDT May 20, 2015

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WEBVTT CONFERENCE TO BEGIN ANY MINUTE NOW. FORGIVE US IF WE JUMP FROM PLACE TO PLACE. TODD IS SPEAKING RIGHT NOW. TODD: WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. GOOD EVENING, I AM CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE CITY OF OMAHA. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESS CONFERENCE IS A PUBLIC UPDATE AS TO THE EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED AT 30TH AND MARTIN AVENUE. THE MAYOR OF OMAHA, JEAN STOTHERT, SHE IS IN FLORIDA FOR HER SON'S WEDDING. I HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE MAYOR FROM THE START OF THIS INCIDENT DIRECT FOR THE START OF THIS PRESS CONFERENCE. ON HER BEHALF, HER CHIEF OF STAFF IS STANDING TO MY RIGHT. ALSO WITH ME AND ON THE HALF OF N, IS DR. MICHAEL WAGNER. HE WAS THE ATTENDING SURGEON TODAY. CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS STANDING BEHIND ME AS WELL. BEFORE I GET INTO DETAILS, OF THE INCIDENT THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INVESTIGATION STILL, THIS IS A SOMBER DAY FOR THE CITY OF OMAHA, THE OMAHA POLICE OFFICERS ESPECIALLY. AND THE ENTIRE OMAHA POLICE COMMITTEE. THAT I HAVE TO ANNOUNCE THAT SEVEN-YEAR VETERAN OFFICER KERRY IN THE LINE OF DUTY. 29 YEARS OLD, SHE HAS BEEN ON THE DEPARTMENT FOR SEVEN YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS. SHE WORKED IN THE GANG UNIT SINCE MARCH OF 2012. HER HUSBAND, HECTOR, SHE HAS A STEP DAUGHTER, AND A STEPSON WHO IS SIX YEARS OLD. KERRY HAD A NEWBORN BABY THAT WAS BORN FEBRUARY 17 AT UMC. SHE IS IN INTENSIVE CARE RIGHT NOW. HER NAME IS OLIVIA RUTH, SHE WILL BE RELEASED TOMORROW. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER. SHE WAS A TREMENDOUS OFFICER AND AN EVEN BETTER PERSON. SHE COACHED BASEBALL SINCE 2009 IN THE NORTH OMAHA BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. SHE VOLUNTEERED WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS. SHE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE POLICE OFFICERS BALL. SHE TOOK AND RESCUE DOGS. SHE WAS A GIRL SCOUT MENTOR. SHE WAS A FRIEND AND TOP-NOTCH OFFICER. I CANNOT IMAGINE THAT IT IS IS EVEN HAPPENING. OF GRATITUDE LIKE NO OTHER. BEFORE I GET INTO THE INCIDENT, I WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT THE SUSPECT IN THE CASE, MR. MICHAEL D WHEELER ALSO DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS AFTER BEING TRANSPORTED TO CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY. OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY. THESE ARE THE DETAILS, I WILL SAY FROM THE ONSET THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS INVESTIGATION. UP-TO-DATE, THIS IS WHAT I CAN VERIFY. TODAY AT 12:58 OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THE FUGITIVE TASK FORCE, COMPRISED OF LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS WERE CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE ON MARTIN STREET. THE FUGITIVE OFFICERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO ARREST THE SUBJECT FOR FELONY FIRST ASSAULT. AS A RESULT OF THE SHOOTING INVESTIGATION. THE OFFICERS OBSERVED THE SUSPECT ON FOOT, AT THIS LOCATION, THE SUSPECT FIRED SEVERAL GUNSHOTS. AT THE OFFICERS, AND FLED BACK TOWARDS MARTIN AVENUE. TASK FORCE MEMBERS CONFRONTED THE SUSPECT. GUNSHOTS WERE EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE SUSPECT AND THE OFFICERS. AT THIS TIME, OFFICER KE OROZCO WAS STRUCK. FIRST EIGHT WAS ADMINISTERED, INCLUDING CPR. THE SUSPECT FLED EAST. THE SUSPECT WAS LOCATED BY OFFICERS, THE SUSPECT WAS WHEN THEY LOCATED HIM. OFFICERS LOCATED A SEMIAUTOMATIC HANDGUN WITH A HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINE. NEAR MR. WHEELER'S BODY. TRANSPORTED TO CHI IN EXTREMELY CRITICAL CONDITION WITH CPR IN PROGRESS. THE SUSPECT ONCE AGAIN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 26-YEAR-OLD MARCUS WHEELER. HE IS A CONVICTED FELON AND A KNOWN GANG MEMBER. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE ARE INVESTIGATION, IT HAS JUST STARTED. I'M ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S PATIENTS AS WE FINISH THIS INVESTIGATION. WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW JUST GETTING THE BASICS DOWN. FUTURE INFORMATION ON THIS INCIDENT FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE COME FROM THE PRESS INFORMATION OFFICE OF THE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THROUGH MYSELF DIRECTLY. RIGHT NOW, I GREATEST CONCERN IS WITH THE OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THE INTEGRITY OF THIS INVESTIGATION. I TURNED THE PODIUM OVER TO THE MARTY BUEHLER. MARTY: IN HER ABSENCE, THE MAYOR HAS ASKED ME TO MAKE THE STATEMENT. THIS IS A SAD AND TRAGIC DAY. I OFFER MY SINCERE SYMPATHY FOR THE FAMILIES IMPACTED BY TODAY'S EVENTS. OFFICER OROZCO GAVE HER LIFE IN SERVICE. SHE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A LOVING WIFE, MOTHER, DAUGHTER, AND DEDICATED OFFICER. I THINK TODD FOR HIS INVESTIGATION. OMAHA POLICE OFFICERS PUT THEIR LIFE IN DANGER EVERY DAY TO PROTECT AND SERVE. OFFICER OROZCO WILL BE HONORED WITH PRAYER AND OUR SUPPORT FOR ALL POLICE OFFICERS. THANK YOU. DR. WAGNER? DR. MIKE WAGNER: I AM THE TRAUMA CRITICAL CARE SURGEON HERE AT CREIGHTON. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OF DR. DIVISION COULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY. HE IS IN ROME WHERE HE IS RECEIVING RECOGNITION ON TEAM MEMBERS OF THE TRAUMA SERVICE HERE AT CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER OMAHA EMS SERVICES WERE TRANSPORTING TO PATIENTS IN BRITTLE CONDITION. TEAMS WERE MOBILIZED AND READY TO TREAT THESE PATIENTS UPON ARRIVAL IN THE TRAUMA THEY HERE AT CREIGHTON. IN SPITE OF OUR MOST VALIANT EFFORTS AND AGGRESSIVE CARE AND THERAPY, THESE PATIENTS WERE UNABLE TO BE RESUSCITATED. AND THEY EXPIRED AFTER A LONG EFFORT AND RESUSCITATING THEM. THANK YOU. TODD: WE WOULD TAKE A FEW QUESTIONS. JEREMY: TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR MESSAGE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN. WE HAVE SEEN THEM ALL DAY, THEY ARE ACTIVE AT MARTIN. PROCESS, BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL ON THE JOB. WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR MESSAGE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN REPORT TO YOU? TODD: FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE A VERY PROFESSIONAL ENTITY. YOU ARE SEEING MEN AND WOMEN DO THEIR JOBS RIGHT NOW. I'M STANDING HERE DOING MY JOB, EVEN THOUGH INSIDE IM T'M CHURNING. THEY ARE SPECIAL INDIVIDUALS IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND THOSE WILLING TO STEP UP AND APPREHEND VIOLENT OFFENDERS -- WILLING TO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARMS WAY, LIKE TODAY. MY MESSAGE TO THEM IS KEEP YOUR HEAD HELD HIGH. WE WILL DO OUR JOB PROFESSIONALLY, AND WE'RE GOING TO GREED. EVERYONE ELSE. THIS IS A TOUGH DAY FOR THE CITY OF OMAHA AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN GENERAL. AND I WANT TO EXPAND -- BUT I WILL GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION. GENERALLY, AS A RULE OF THUMB, AND METRO FUGITIVE TASK FORCE IS A HIGHER LEVEL. WORST. AND MR. WHEELER DID HAVE A WARRANT FOR A SHOOTING, A PREVIOUS SHOOTING IN OMAHA. HE IS A VERY DANGEROUS INDIVIDUAL BASED ON THAT WARRANT. THE WARRANT IS ISSUED BY A JUDGE. THAT? ONE OF YOU HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO ESTABLISH. TODD: I THINK OMAHA IS A TREMENDOUS COMMUNITY. I HAVE SAID ALL ALONG THAT NORTH OMAHA -- TREMENDOUS COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THIS ISSUE WITH THE COMMUNITY SIDE-BY-SIDE. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE NOW, TO GIVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN. FUTURE INFORMATION WILL COME FROM ME. WE WILL GET SOMETHING OUT TOMORROW, BUT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE VERY CONFIDENT IN KNOWING THAT WE ARE DOING OUR JOB PROFESSIONALLY. WE ARE OVERSEEING THIS INVESTIGATION, AND EVEN THOUGH WE ARE GRIEVING LIKE NO OTHER PROFESSIONALISM TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. NEXT QUESTION. IT IS A LITTLE BIT HARD TO HEAR WHEN QUESTIONS ARE COMING AT ME -- YOU'RE TALKING ON YOUR PHONE. I WANT TO TAKE ONE MORE QUESTION. TODD: I SAID, THE FAMILY IS GRIEVING RIGHT NOW. IF THE MEDIA WOULD NOT MIND GIVING THEM SOME SPACE RIGHT NOW. THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO FOR THEM. AND THEY HAVE REACTED WITH A LOT OF PAIN ACCORDINGLY BECAUSE OF THAT. I LIKE TO KEEP WHAT I SAY TO THE FAMILY'S PRIVATE. IS JUST MORE THAN THE OFFICERS. WE HAVE BEEN SEEING REPORTS OF SUPPORT ALL OVER TWITTER. TODD: YOUR COMMUNITY IS OMAHA COMMUNITY. JUST LIKE THE MEDIA REPRESENTS THE VOICE AND THE YOUR PIECE OF THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE THE PROTECTORS FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS WHY I DO NOT FEEL THAT THIS WILL CAUSE ANY NEGATIVE COMMUNITY-POLICE COMMUNICATION. LOOK FOR THE OUTCOME OF THIS OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THE SUPPORT OF OFFICER OROZCO, FOR SACRIFICE. I WANT TO CLOSE WITH JUST A THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF OMAHA, THANK YOU TO THE MEDIA -- YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GREAT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA. ON BEHALF